Bag-holder



(No Model.)

, J. S'AURER.

BAG HOLDER.

Patentd May 17. 1887.

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JOHN SAURER, OF ORRVILLE, OHIO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,172, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed October 1, 1886. Ser'al No. 215,055. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SAURER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orrville, in the county of \Vayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a bag-holder, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the bag holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder, showing it supporting a bag. Figs. 3 and 4 are views, separately, of the two bag-supporting arms. Fig. 5 is avicw of one of the bag-mouth Spreaders.

The letter A designates a base or stand of any suitable shape or construction, and b an The two halved parts d lap, and a hole, 0

through each receives the round part b of the post,which, besides sustaining the arms,serves as a pivot for them. Each halved part (I has on its edge, at one side of the pivot-hole e, a

shouldenf, and on the opposite side of the pivot-hole it has a curved rim, one end of which forms a shoulder, g, and the other end forms a curved extension, \Vith this construction, when the two halved parts are together on the post I), the free ends of the arms may move toward or spread apart from each other, as indicated in Fig. 1 by broken lines; but the extent of this movement toward each other is limited by the curved extension gtot' each arm coming in contact with the other arm, and the opposite or spreading movement is limited by the shoulder g of one arm coming in contact with the shoulder f of the other arm. While the shoulders g and f serve as stops, they also servc,when combined with the round part b of the post and the spring h,here inafter mentionechanother important purpose, which will be explained farther on. The two curved extensions 9 besides limiting the movement of the arms 0 one way,overlap each other, and are in contact and serve as a mutual bearing for the arms. A spiral spring, h,

and the bagmouth open.

is suitably secured between the two arms and serves normally to keep them spread apart.

The herein described combination of the post I), the two arms pivoted on the said post so as to be moved thereon freely up or down and provided with the shoulders g and f,which come in contact with each other, and the spring 71-, to spread the arms apart,serve to sustain the arms on the post at any point whereat they may be set. This result is obtained from the fact that while the shoulders g andf, at one side of the post, prevent the two arms from spreading, the spring at the other side of the post exerts a pressure that tends to spread.

port oneside of the bag-m0uth and the other arm the opposite side of the bag-mouth, and that the spring hwill keep the arms spread The bottom of the bag may rest on the base A.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States-- 1. In a bag-holder, the combination, with the post, of the arms O, pivoted thereon and provided with shouldersf, the curved rims g, forming shoulders g and overlapping curved extensions said arms 0 also provided with erossarms 2 having pins 1', and the spring 71., connected to said arms near their pivoted parts, as shown and described.

2. In a bag-holder, the combination of a base, A, an upright post having a round part, b, with two bagsupporting arms, O, both pivoted on said round part and provided with shoulders g and f, the curved extensions 9',

lapped together to limit the movement of the JOHN SAURER.

Witnesses:

FRANK SIMON, DANIEL HOLSEN.

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